Teina Pora's legal team is saying the Government is pushing him to make a decision on whether to accept its offer of $2.5 million in compensation.
But they are considering rejecting it and asking for more because inflation wasn't taken into account, as Rodney Hansen QC -- the retired judge who made the call to offer Mr Pora compensation -- recommended.
"The decision whether to challenge this aspect is complex and will take time to reach," a statement from Mr Pora's legal team read.
"Mr Pora is under immense pressure of finances and emotion but has been asked to either accept or decline the offer which the Government has made.
"This means that if he wishes to consider challenging even one small aspect of the offer he must decline the offer in full -- at least in the meantime. We think that is unfair."
Mr Pora's legal team has told Justice Minister Amy Adams that he will need more time to decide.
He doesn't have the option of accepting the deal and pushing for more at a later date -- and they want that changed to allow him "the ability to consider his position in an unpressured way, while allowing the Government the comfort of knowing that any court challenge would be limited to a discrete issue".
Prime Minister John Key said this morning the Government had no obligation to pay Mr Pora anything, and the amount offered was based on Cabinet guidelines written up in 2001.
Mr Pora was wrongly jailed for 21 years, after twice being convicted of the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.
Below is a timeline explaining how Teina Pora went from being a teenager convicted of rape and murder, to being exonerated and paid $2.5 million in compensation.
1987
December: Rapist Malcolm Rewa begins his nine-year spree of rape and violence
1988
January: One of Rewa's victims gives the police his name, but nothing is done June/July: Police interview Rewa about the attack, but fail to check his alibi - that he had been out with a friend the night of the attack
1991
Rewa is caught peeping at women, but not charged
1992
March 23: Susan Burdett raped and murdered in her Papatoetoe home April 6: Police first speak to Teina Pora, then aged 17 May 28: Mr Pora interviewed again
1993
March 18: Mr Pora arrested on other charges March 18-21: Mr Pora talks to police about Ms Burdett's death, making a confession he would later retract March 23: Teina Pora charged with raping and murdering Ms Burdett, as well as aggravated burglary
1994
June 7: Mr Pora's trial begins June 15: Mr Pora convicted on all charges July 1: Mr Pora sentenced to life in prison
1995
Rewa taken into custody on an unrelated matter, but isn't charged and is allowed to go free
1996
May 13: Malcolm Rewa arrested after his DNA was found at the scene of Ms Burdett's death, and several other crime scenes
1998
May: Rewa found guilty of several rapes, but not Ms Burdett's, nor her murder December: Rewa found guilty of Ms Burdett's rape, but not murder
1999
October 18: Court of Appeal quashes Mr Pora's convictions and orders a retrial
2000
March 20: Mr Pora's second trial begins April 6: Mr Pora again found guilty on all charges June 23: Mr Pora again sentenced to life in prison October 12: Court dismisses Mr Pora's appeal
2009
Former detective Tim McKinnel, now a private investigator, looks into Mr Pora's case
2011
September 2: Mr Pora applies for royal prerogative of mercy from the Governor-General
2012
August: TV3's 3rd Degree requests copies of the police interviews with Mr Pora from 1993
2013
March 13: 3rd Degree reveals new evidence that shows Mr Pora was likely innocent March 23: It's revealed police had already figured out Rewa raped Ms Burdett before Mr Pora went on trial July 31: 3rd Degree uncovers even more evidence Mr Pora suffered a miscarriage of justice August 20: Mr Pora seeks leave to appeal to the Privy Council August 21: Rewa's victims call for an inquiry into why it took so long for police to arrest him
2014
January 31: The Privy Council grants leave so he can appeal his convictions May 21: Police officer who interviewed Rewa in 1988 admits mistakes November 4-5: Mr Pora's case is presented at the Privy Council
2015
March 3: The Privy Council quashes all Mr Pora's convictions relating to Ms Burdett's rape and murder March 30: The Privy Council rules that Mr Pora cannot be tried a third time April 13: Mr Pora applies for compensation over his wrongful imprisonment May 24: Mr Pora gives his first-ever TV interview to 3rd Degree June 4: Hon Rodney Hansen QC appointed to go over Mr Pora's claim August 23: Witnesses reveal seeing Rewa on Ms Burdett's property the night she was killed
2016
March 23: Mr Hansen says on the balance of probabilities Mr Pora is innocent, and therefore eligible for compensation May 31: Cabinet advised by Mr Hansen that Mr Pora should be paid $2,520,949.42 June 15: Cabinet accepts Mr Hansen's recommendation and makes the amount public
2018
Rewa eligible for parole
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